Thanks for all the best wishes. Lots of prayers have me mending very well.
A "semi-" load of peanuts shot out into the road just ahead of me without stopping to even look and I had to evade a collision with it by swerving into the left lane. That put me on an angling course to go down into the other ditch at 50 mph, and I knew I couldn't handle that either so I tried to correct back to the right. 600 lb. road bikes don't maneuver like dirt bikes and I lost it and went down on the left side. Bad road rash on left forearm required 8 or 9 stitches, some more on the left knuckles required a few more, badly swollen and bruised left knee, lower leg and foot, and some cracked or badly bruised left side ribs. But, I drove a tractor and combined peanuts the very next afternoon.
I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer, and I sure ain't the prettiest, but I must still be pretty tough at 66. I had a great VA Doc and ex-Navy male nurse in the ER. They get lots of credit. Lots to be thankful for, not the least of which is all my great friends on here.
Here's to light frosts and big coveys, SRH
